Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed2c62cc5a419907…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:29:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 50fa9e436856cf9b6d735a13a724915a SHA-1: af1b03c12c9c750083be649b86fa736f744c0825 SHA-256: ed2c62cc5a419907620db44873c8ddf8d8fbc26d02177354166c2c9c7e340461
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.2676

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/xebogilevegusazoxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/21656903162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac161ca32c1---58899112970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f722897a7e972c4c314e598074ad79a2/rolavizezasaneked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607002147d5d5---21120630069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmk2dph5mrdgdm7t7ni5744an9/47102165916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/69321085139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5554f3265---36861313131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jplecpjn16t6ipsh8uf60fbhtf/wotezemaraxedozuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37010252350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096def13cc88---tipamuluxasamomupagejanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/74763367766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b607017b3b---77405159959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/pidusikumogakopawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hintzfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/12/12a2788c5de59b93c87e4eff35998d4f/File/ropunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ij8po1fitua3aurc7g5vcoc4a/tufajujolarorugefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hon-ro.hu/userfiles/files/60716021435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce301f683150f234c9bfa39b9c788664/3862202221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eca3c103c444cf06f0723fe9196303c/95430270830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/nugagubofika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b998f530cf0494d7c3619bd509cfbf5/64205829511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608451797d041---gokagusaxibagigixegaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auchli-appenzeller.ch/userfiles/files/fokavubexejovapur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607440584ef6a---julabumemub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffbcfe1d2e302169985e30288b421831/80803575490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4141e70bb---19741350749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unlock+minigames+in+super+mario+partyPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10026 16536 bytes
SHA-256: a84f6f2d86769c8bb2f0b79ec9fcb18e8b84eeecb3b6d2684f087232d8c267bb
font_01_sfnt_off00012ac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AC5 11100 bytes
SHA-256: f6fa05af0d4fe662ff4e27f9914f2d18b7a9ed3c3ff66222acdb2e3862ec22d7